The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-29
clark and Coke.

We ar, aware that any article writ
ten under the above capuoh Inc must
nccessarialy be - very delicate ore
indeed. because in the caption me
thcrlis that which el,ctriics. sWay',,
And influences Texas TO n rcmarka', e
degree, ond ju'tly sotoo, because two
knightly. able and patriotic gentlemen
re.rond TO the two names whenever
called and wherever called. they are
both leading men in Texas, able law
ycrs. clear headed mon, patriotic
stat, .mon and gentlemen OF the high
est consideration IN every way. aud
above all they are both Wacoan- The
i-t comprises bill OF excellence
which can be justly ascribed TO bui
faw mon in the state sud yctthcrc are
hers cqualb excellent aud equally
eminent There , mtu> - hungry and
eNpectaut politician licking Ms chops
In the state today because Of the tan e.
cicd djsggrccucu between these two
potent political forces, yniu'y imag!-
ming that there is sure rup'
uure coming, and with it the
long and ardenly prayed for
chance. Wc.l W. pity tins class OF
pure and wnselt,h patriots very pre-
toundly. h il perfectly true that
Coke has said that the utmost that
can be done is TO quietly drop ont the
I2th plank, and Clark hes said TINT "
strong anti declaration i'll the next
platform is a necessity of the times
10 oil human appearing there is wal
in the tWo declarations. They arC
discordaui, discovered aud entirely
opposite principles. The lesser light:
and the would be bcneticiarics oil sec
rising up between these widely sepa'
ated and apparently hostile positions
somethining extremely favorable.
II would be well for gentlemen q
TINT persuasion to pause and rcilcc
that both Clark and Coke sre tru'
democrats tried patriots. true men
dear io9ers Of Texas and equally
ulu,triou- IN their services agaius
the old republican regime. Tina
they went hand in han,
through the troublon- duy
of reconstruction and ,too,
shoulder to shoulder when men'- soul
were beng severely tried byeyent, {
the d.rc,t significance. Also, the.
will recall the fact that they have beer
close ncieAbors aud friends for
quarter OF century, business ali,
social ~ well a. political friends, All,
that both are too sensible to permit
consideration as insignificant ~ thi
really is 20 p rIM nifty Is
Z, ran % them eithernow or hen, after
That wouldn't ba sensible, ana bot
Coke and CLARK are cmiucuty -cusi
bile men.
We are frank to say that we den
see exactly or clearly now II is to b
done, out we tcel sure that before th
] decisive moment for action comes u
this apparent incongruity will disai
pear and peace will reign Letwec
, them a, it alway- had, The commo
feelings, hopes, ambitions and purpc
Sos OF u quarter Of u century, GcuN
eXcrtion- engendcr state of thing
not easily ripped up. It is hk
the comming'ing of bloc,
the intcrminglug OF Nv
currents they IAN never be separi
ted again. They must 90 ON to
I common outcome,a common oces
of success or failure must rccciN
both,
II we were an aspiring politicia
we would never think of rearing NJ
, sort Of political hopes upon the proI
able permanent enlargement b.
tween these two great Texans, not +,
. a single moment, and this hint "
throw out to any troubled politici,
who may be directing his though
, toward such solution Of his lit
schemes.